These last days of the third year of Koji were a nightmare for the Hojo family. Most of the Yimen, the Imperial Horse Guards, the Imperial Families, and the Generals were killed in battle one after another, and they were seppuku. When Hojo Shiyasu entered the main structure of Odawara Castle, he kept coughing up blood, and his old illness recurred. The Hojo family's mess, Hojo Clan Yasu, finally let go and completely handed over to Hojo Clan Masa.

First of all, the Ueno Hawei family was destroyed by the crusading army, and when the lord Yukio and all the people of the clan were killed, the Azuma Saito family was also defeated by the crusading army. Numata Yumitsu of the Numata clan is constantly obstructing the Numata family, preventing the Numata family from rescuing friendly forces in various places. The Ashikaga Nagao family on the Shimono side was also defeated by the Sano family, who hoped for forgiveness from the Muromachi shogunate, and the father and son Kencho Nagao and Nagao Nagacho could only cage the castle in the castle of Ashikaga Castle.

As the weather improved and the snow melted, Uesugi Keishinobu (Nagao Keishin), who was in Echigo, together with Minoru Honjo and Naoe Keitsuna, ordered Yohoku and others to send troops to assist the Aizu Uesugi army.

And the general of the Echigo army was held by the humble brother Kaji Harutsuna. This is not only a member of the Fuchu Nagao family, but also one of the generals of the Seven Hands Group. Kaji Harutsuna commanded Yoshie Munenobu, Sebe Katsunaga, Takemata Kiyotsuna, Yamayoshi Toyomori, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and 6,000 Echigo troops to fight in Okuwa.

Not long after the Echigo army came out, Tao Qingxian had already led the Uesugi army, together with the Tamura army and the remaining forces of the Soma family and the Date army, to set up a position near Mt. Otaki in the Iwaki area of southern Mutsu.

On 2 February, Tao Qingxian's command of the Aizu Uesugi Army, the Soma Army, and the Tamura Army, totaling 8,000 people, and the Date Army, led by Watari Motomune, 7,000 troops, encountered near Mt. Otakine. Date Harumune led 4,000 troops to set up his main camp at Mt. Otagitoriya on the eastern side of Otaki Mountain.

Although Date Harumune had gone to bed the day before and rebelled against the Tamura family's Tokoha Kiyoshi clan, he was quickly reported to Tao Haruxian, Tamura Takaaki and others after being learned of it by Deura Shouqing. After Tao Qingxian got the permission of the Tamura family, he immediately asked Mori Takahiro to lead an army to break through Tokoha Castle and kill the Tokoha Qing clan.

Although the Tokoha Kiyoshi clan of Date Harumune's rebellion was not a wealthy clan and a capable person, Tokoha Castle was located in the northern part of Mt. Otakine, and if this person led an army to raid the Tamura territory or directly attacked the Uesugi army's main camp during the war, the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, Date Harumune was not too angry after learning that the Tokoha Kiyoshi clan who had rebelled against him had been defeated and died. He thought of a way to contain the Uesugi army - Mogami House. Once the Mogami family joins forces with him again, then the Aizu collar, which is already empty in the rear, will be given to the Mogami family first.

Mogami Yoshimori can be said to have a thief's heart but not a thief's guts, and he knows his strength and ability very well. He was defeated by the army of the Northern Warriors before, and he almost couldn't return to Yamagata Castle. As for the in-laws who have already become attached to their daughter, it is not easy for Yoshimori Mogami to refuse openly. He politely declined the request to send troops to Aizu on the grounds that he needed to reorganize the army and attack the Uesugi family after a while.

Although Mogami Yoshimori let Mogami Yoshihime and Date Terumune get married, he just didn't want the Date family to attack Mogami again after his strength had shrunk greatly. The old family of the Mogami family decided to give Mogami Yoshimori an idea, "Deploy troops first, and don't go to war." The idea of the clan is very simple, that is, to see if Date Harune can defeat the Uesugi family in Aizu, Iwaki, etc., if the Uesugi family is defeated, then the Mogami family can seize tens of thousands of stone in Yonezawa and other places in the south of Dewa Province and cede them to the Uesugi family's Hasedo, Hakutaka, Sazawa and other places. If the Uesugi family defeats the Date family, then the Mogami family can only immediately send troops to attack the Date family.

Although the family's strategy of fixing the right has the intention of taking advantage of the danger of others, for the sake of the survival of the Mogami family, Mogami Yoshimori still agreed. Even if the daughter is gone, so what? One more one! There are indeed many retainers in the Mogami family who think so. If you offend the Uesugi family, then the hard-won armistice and harmony will be wiped out. The two brothers, Hosokawa Naogen and Hosokawa Naoshige, who lost Kokuni Castle, were very aware of the Uesugi family's combat power, and they were the first to support the clan's proposal to settle the order.

Even if the Mogami family does not send troops to help, Date Harumune can only continue to fight with the Uesugi family. Date Harumune was absolutely not willing to have a territory of more than 100,000 stones, and with the support of the Kasai family and the Osaki family, he was even more confident that he would defeat the Uesugi army at Mt. Otaki and hope to capture all the southern part of Oshu.

Just because Date Qingzong will sleep doesn't mean that Tao Qingxian won't. Tao Qingxian asked the retainers of the Soma family, Eai Yinji, Mizutani Yinsheng, Kihata Morikiyo, and others to slightly submit to the former Soma family retainers of the Date family. However, the list in the omitted list is missing the Qingtian family. Aota Tsunenori, Aota Tsunetaka, and Aota Kenji took the initiative to submit to the Date family because they were dissatisfied with the Soma family, and they were different from Sato Yoshinobu and Sato Nobu, who were defeated and surrendered to the Date family. Sato Nobun and his son, who have been feeling guilty and remorseful since Soma Moriyin's death, are relieved to learn that Soma Yoshiyin and others have been sheltered by the Uesugi family, and they still have a chance to atone for their sins.

Tao Qingxian really saw Date Qingzong's thoughts, and he was not ready to continue dragging it out. As long as the Date family is defeated, the Uesugi army in Aizu will be able to help the Soma family restore their old territory, and they can also go south to assist the wise people in counterattacking. But Tao Qingxian has fought a lot of battles, and rarely fought battles where his own troops are less than the other party. Especially now with 8,000 men and 11,000 Date troops.

"Today, let the Daimyo of Oshu Farmhouse (Rural Daimyo) see my Tao Qingxian's ability!" Tao Qingxian is ready to give up his identity as a monk, although he changed his name to Tao Qingxian after killing the master, but he still hopes to use this name to make the big names in the Northeast fearful!

Early in the morning of February 3, the Uesugi army took the lead in attacking the Date army with Mori Takahiro as the lead and Kawada Nagajin as the second formation. The two divisions of the Soma Army also advanced on both sides of Mori Takahiro and Kawada Nagakin, led by Ei Yinji and Mizutani Yinmori.

Mori Takahiro, together with his younger brothers Mori Takamasa and Mori Takatsu, led 2,000 troops to rush directly into the Aota Shoji Formation under the former army of the Date Army. How could Aota Kenji withstand the onslaught of Maori Takahiro and others, he immediately ordered someone to ask for help from the same clan Qingtian Tsuneri and Aota Tsuneko. Aota Tsunetaka and Aota Tsuneri immediately rushed to the rescue with their own men, but even if they withstood the first wave of attack of the 2,000 troops of the Maori Takahiro Department with 2,000 men, the three people who came later, Kawada Nagakin, Ei Yinji and Mizutani Yinmori, also suppressed the 3,000 troops.

Just when the Qingtian army was completely surrounded, Genji didn't want to transfer his headquarters out to support it too early. He then made a bad decision - to make Sato Yoshinobu, Sato Yushin, and Okada Shigein play. Yoshinobu Sato, Yushin Sato, and Shigein Okada only have a thousand troops, and the number is not many. It is basically impossible to defeat 5,000 enemy troops with 1,000 men.

Moreover, Sato Yoshinobu and the other three had already been in contact with Ei Yinji and others, and as soon as they had the opportunity to fight, they immediately turned their guns and attacked the Date army. Although there were a large number of people in the Watari Genzong Division, most of them were composed of the generals of the Soma family, and they were a little ashamed when they saw their former colleagues fighting side by side with the Uesugi army.

Tao Qingxian only has 1,000 Tamura troops and 1,000 Uesugi troops on hand at the moment. If the battle situation in front of us is unfavorable, then the remnants of this Uesugi army and the Soma family will be completely wiped out. The Date family was then able to capture the castles of the Uesugi family in various parts of Aizu. This is also the reason why Tao Qingxian put Maori Gaoguang, a fierce general, in the first position, as long as he can defeat the front army of the Date army, then the morale of the later Date Qingzong's own army will inevitably decrease.

Just when Watari Motomune was preparing to continue to support the forces of Fujihashi Kii, Kusano Naokiyo, Izumida Yinyuki, and Nakamura Shikibu, the news of Sato Yoshinobu Ari also came.

"We're the retainers of the Soma family! I can't be in the same league as the Date family who betrayed the shogunate, so you will follow me to take the head of Date Haruzong's head to atone for your sins! Sato Yoshinobu's roar made Aota Kenji and others, who were still struggling to support, undoubtedly a blow to the head.

Not only that, Izumida Yinxue and Kusano Naokiyo also immediately defected and directly led their troops to attack and kill Nakamura Shikibu and Fujihashi Kii. Then with the strength of 500 troops, he merged with Sato Yoshinobu and advanced towards the main camp of Wari Motomune.

And Watari Genzong himself only has 3,500 troops at present, if he wants to continue to hold on, it is still possible, once the soldiers of Aota Kenji and others in front are defeated and killed, then he will definitely be completely surrounded and annihilated by the Uesugi army and the Soma army. Date Harumune only led 4,000 troops into the Iwaki Soma territory to help him, and it was not clear whether he would send troops to help him. Just when Watari Motozong was still thinking and meditating, the Soma army had already attacked near his main camp. Ishikawa Harumitsu and Shigemitsu Izumita, who were members of Date's army, took the initiative to lead their headquarters to fight with them.

Just after a series of defections by Yoshinobu Sato and others, Aota Kenji and others could no longer continue to support. As Aota Tsuneri and Aota Tsuneko were successively taken by Mori Takamasa and Mori Takatsu, Aota Kenji himself was captured by his former colleague Ei Yinji, and the remaining more than 1,000 Ashigaru of the Aota Army were temporarily incorporated into the Soma Army. In this way, Tao Qingxian gave up the idea of sending the Tamura army.

Subsequently, the successive defeats were reported to Date Harune. And Watari Motozong could only be sent to meet the army of Makino Kuzhong and Koliangchuan Munehide. However, with the attack of nearly 7,000 Uesugi troops and Soma troops, the important ministers of the Date family, who stayed behind Hyunmune and Kokubun Moriken, were killed in battle, and the three people who were loyal to the Date family, Shiraishi Sotori, Ishikawa Harumitsu, and Izumida Shigemitsu, were also taken one after another. The 3,500 Date army was instantly reduced to less than 500.

However, the genealogy retainers of the Date family, Koragawa Munehide and Koliangchuan Shengmune, left Watari Motomune and others to flee first, which led to Watari Motomune and Date Minoto. The three of them were killed by Ashigaru of Mizutani Yinmoribe.

At this time, the front army of the Date army was quickly defeated, and the total battle lasted no more than two hours. And Date Harumune, who was in the Great Eagle Bird Valley Mountain, was furious when he saw Koliangchuan Zongxiu and Xiaoliangchuan Shengzong who had fled in embarrassment, and directly ordered to be beheaded to show the public. However, even if Date Harumune did this to make up for the loyalty of his retainers, the rout of the former army was still inevitable.

With the swarming Uesugi Army and Soma Army, Date Harumune must leave an army behind him, and he understands that even if Soma is occupied, it can't be quickly digested, not to mention that there are still many 'loyal people' of the Soma family. In front of the station, the forces of Kasai and Osaki who supported the Date family had already withdrawn, otherwise the strength of the Date army would have reached 12,500.

Soon, the two of them, who were well aware of the righteousness, Sanori Sadacho (a member of the family, the elder of the Date family) and Sanzari Socho (the son of Sanzari Sadacho) took the initiative to stay, preparing to block the Uesugi army here with a thousand troops, and then Endo Kinobu and Ryakawa Munekiyo (Date Uemune Yatsuo) escorted Date Harumune back to Date Ling. Just when Date Harumune's front foot withdrew from the Great Eagle Toriya Mountain, the father and son of Kushiri Sadacho on the back foot had to face nearly 7,000 Uesugi and Soma troops.

However, the father and son of Sang Zhezhen have some skills, and they simply blocked the offensive of Maori Gaoguang and others. This gave Date Harumun enough time to evacuate, but it was impossible for the father and son of Sang Zhe to see Date Harumun alive again.

Just as Date Harumune, Ryokawa Sokiyo, and Endo Kishin led two hundred samurai on horseback to quickly escape and leave the remaining Ashigaru, two days later, they could be regarded as reaching the vicinity of Watari Castle. Just the day before, the father and son of Sangzuru were also attacked by the Uesugi and Soma armies in the mountains, and all the 1,000 temple troops were killed.

After returning to his skills, Date Harumune felt that he was no longer capable of recovering his old domain and continuing to fight against the Uesugi family, so he passed on the family governor to Date Terumune and then retired. At the same time, he also sent an envoy Liang Chuan Zongqing to Tao Qingxian to ask for a truce. Date Harumune's request for a truce was simple, so that the Oshu Explorers would keep their names and the remaining territories.

However, Tao Qingxian told the envoy Liang Chuan Zongqing very bluntly that he did not have the right and ability to decide this, and his task was only to guard Aizu Uesugi Ling. Even so, Date Harumune still didn't give up. He continued to send Ryokawa Sosei to Musashi in the Kanto region to ask for a truce.